U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Didn't Give Lawmakers Credit For Backing Climate Bills

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has called for legislative action on climate, but the group didn't take climate into account when evaluating U.S. lawmakers' voting records, an environmental think tank says.

The institute noted that many of the climate deniers in Congress — lawmakers who deny that humans are causing climate change — rated very highly in the Chamber of Commerce's evaluation.

"This is not picking at a scorecard for a technical reason," says Kevin Moss, the director of the institute's Sustainable Business Center."[The Chamber of Commerce is] the biggest trade association in the world and, by many people's reckoning, one of the most influential, if not the most influential. So what they do and how they use that influence is of critical importance to climate."Marty Durbin, the president of the U.S.

"It is not manageable when you're trying to reflect the interests of the broad business community across all the areas — not just in climate, energy, environment, sustainability, but labor and employment, national security," he said. Durbin said he welcomed the World Resources Institute's comments and expects next year's scorecard to include more bills related to climate.

As for the climate deniers in Congress, he said,"we have not yet taken the step of saying that there is one particular issue that if you don't [support], then we cannot [endorse]."

 

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During Hurricane Laura here's a few examples of around 3000 tons of carbon spewed into our atmosphere without recourse. Nationwide? You notice how all the narratives are focusing elsewhere. When the cat's away the mice (snivolous) will play.

Instead of running 5 stories on climate change, how about covering the angry mob assaulting a sitting US Senator(Rand Paul) as he leaves RNC? Or thugs punching old people on sidewalk leaving WH? NOT COVERING VIOLENCE AGAINST YOUR POLITICAL OPPOSITION IS WHY YOU ARE FakeNews

'Environmental think tank'=Propaganda tank LOL.

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Excuse me... chamber of commerce? Doesnt their responsibility include the exchange of goods, services or something of value, between businesses or entities?

You should probably notice they are not so good on the politics.

Good catch of hypocrisy more subtle than the usual

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